Ryan Lavarnway’s rookie APBA card in 2012 was kind of a stinker. Lavarnway batted just .157 in 166 plate appearances for Boston though he did have eight doubles and two homeruns. No steals for Ryan and he struck out 41 times. Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B…
Ryan Morrison nominated this Ryan Ludwick card from 2008 for Monster Monday. In his second full year with the Cardinals, Ludwick played 152 games and bashed out 37 homers and found the gap 40 times. He his the century mark in runs (104) and rbis (113) while slugging .591. In…
That’s Casey Fletcher son of Darrin Fletcher… he may get to the majors like his dad A couple weeks ago, my buddy Doug Schuyler messaged me, “Where ya been?”. Admittedly, my posting on The APBA Blog has been a little sporadic this spring. I’d like to profusely thank Bob Gordon…
I like playing APBA with my friend Chuck. Maybe too much. He has that friendly, good-natured attitude about him that makes you forget what you’re doing. You could be having a great time playing a league series and lose all four games and then thank him for the effort. …and…
Dan Spillner walked in his only plate appearance for the White Sox in 1985. So it shouldn’t be any surprise that he got eighteen 14s on his APBA card. The interesting thing is that Spillner was no stranger to the base on balls. A decade earlier, he walked 18 times…
Wow, I ran across this Bennie Tate card in my 1934 set. Yikes! Turns out a much more palatable 1925 Bennie Tate card was featured for Weird Wednesday courtesy of Tom Zuppa in the past. The one you see above was Tate’s last year in baseball and he was just…
Rodney Woodward suggested this juicy 2013 Hanley Ramirez card. Any time a shortstop hits well with power, he’s a valuable asset, especially if he has speed. Hanley Ramirez has all of these things. Though his time was a bit limited at 304 at-bats, he hit .345 for the Dodgers. He…
Rodney Woodward sends B.J. Upton’s 2013 card this way. By the way, his actual name is Melvin and that’s how he’s listed in Baseball Reference. It threw me for a loop. I guess “B.J.” sounds cooler than Melvin, right? Anyway, in his first year with the Braves, B.J. Upton hit…
That’s Craig Christian’s thumb you see holding Kurt Bevacqua’s 1977 card. This is a fun one and interesting too. “Dirty Kurt” hit .333 in 96 at-bats with five homers and 14 extra-base hits. He drove in 28 which isn’t bad for his playing time. He walked six times, struck out…
This card comes courtesy of Ken Schulz. It’s German Barranca who played for four seasons for the Royals and the Reds. This is his 1979 card, his first year in the majors. Barranca only came to the plate five times but attempted four steals in 1979. He was successful three…